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BUFORD – In a game billed the “Fire Ant Bowl,” it was only fitting a Small player, potent in his play and offensive sting, come up big for a huge Buford High School football win Monday night at Jackets Stadium.

Buford senior halfback Dalton Small sparked the inspired Jackets, 4-0, to a 28-27 Monday night football win over Lee Central of Bishopville, which came into the game unbeaten and ranked No. 5 in the latest Class AA state media poll.

BUFORD – In a game billed the “Fire Ant Bowl,” it was only fitting a Small player, potent in his play and offensive sting, come up big for a huge Buford High School football win Monday night at Jackets Stadium.

Buford senior halfback Dalton Small sparked the inspired Jackets, 4-0, to a 28-27 Monday night football win over Lee Central of Bishopville, which came into the game unbeaten and ranked No. 5 in the latest Class AA state media poll.

The team of Jerry Pardue, Randy Young, Scott Helms and Scott Caskey topped the 12-team field at the 10th annual Sport's Ministry of Hyde Park Baptist Church golf tournament Aug. 26 at the Lancaster Golf Club.

The winning team received $700 for its victory.

The second-place team included Cliff Henson, Caleb Henson, Bruce McCaskill and Matt Clemmer, who received $400.

The fifth-place team included Colby Engel, Mike Thornburg, Todd Joefreda and Jason Hnat, who received $300, which was given back to the church and their gift card door prize donations.

As you read this, veteran National Football League official Jim Howey is likely working or preparing to launch his 19th NFL season.

Howey, before going to Indianapolis today for his first game on the 2017 season – host Colts vs. Cardinals – made a whistlestop at the Lancaster Rotary Lunch Club as guest speaker on Thursday afternoon in the Carole Ray Dowling Center at USC Lancaster.

Howey, one of two NFL officials from the Palmetto State, has been working the games for nearly two decades and still enjoys the experience.

Suppose you had next-door neighbors who, year after year, did not adequately feed their children or provide them health care.
And suppose that you regularly talked with your neighbor and showed them how they were not measuring up, and told them there were resources available to help them do better.
But after many years, their kids were still worse off than over 80 percent of the other kids in the neighborhood.
Would you call this systematic “child abuse?” Well, thus is the status of children in South Carolina.